Norman Harvey

born: 10 January 1902 Belfast, Northern Ireland

died: 19 January 1988 Josephine County, Oregon, United States of America (age 86)

Irish-born musician, also known as A. Norman Harvey, a pianist who led some dance band orchestras in the Los Angeles area in the mid-late 1920s and early 1930s. He was commissioner of music at the Los Angeles Athletic Club, whose membership included many Roach Studio alumni including Hal Roach himself; Harvey was in charge of the program of the L.A.A.C.'s April 1933 benefit show for the ailing Sammy Brooks. Harvey's day job was in the employ of the office of the Richfield Oil Corporation.

Real name: Alfred Norman Harvey Height: 5'11"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1926 The Nickel-Hopper Dance hall musician [listed in ledgers as A.N. Harvey] 1927 A One-Mama Man Party guest (?) Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FBKH-12Q (birth reg.) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2Q3N-RZZ (1907 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:27XM-C7Z (1911 Canada Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZ1G-21L (1920 pass. index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6RYX-VSWF (1924 declaration of intention) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XC8H-QXD (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K8N1-1B9 (1930 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K9C3-1KN (1940 Census) Alfred Norman Harvey, "California, U.S., Federal Naturalization Records, 1888-1991" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KXQ3-P73 (CA Nat. Index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGX1-Y3LH (WWII draft reg. card) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6XGW-1HWR (1950 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VZHJ-TJ2 (OR Death Index, 1903-1998) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C2B3-7PN2 (OR Death Index, 1971-2008) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JT42-135 (Social Security Death Index) https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/151655460 (Find a Grave) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?county=Los+Angeles&date-end=1930&date-start=1924&keyword=%22norman+harvey%22&region=us-ca&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?county=Los+Angeles&date-end=1933&date-start=1932&keyword=%22norman+harvey%22+mercurian&region=us-ca&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?county=Orange&date-end=1932&date-start=1920&keyword=%22norman+harvey%22&region=us-ca&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) 1922 L.A. City Dir.: Harvey Norman F clk r3608 3d av 1923 L.A. City Dir.: Harvey Alfd N clk r3608 3d av 1924 L.A. City Dir.: Harvey Norman clk r3608 3d av 1925 L.A. City Dir.: Harvey Alf N clk r2407 S Marne av 1926 L.A. City Dir.: Harvey A Norman musician r2407 Marne 1927 L.A. City Dir.: Harvey Norman A music tchr 2407 Marne av 1928 L.A. City Dir.: Harvey A Norman music tchr r2407 Marne av 1929 L.A. City Dir.: Harvey Alf N music tchr r2734 Medlow av 1930 L.A. City Dir.: Harvey A Norman music tchr r2734 Medlow av Robert Demoss (information relating to A One-Mama Man) Jesse Brisson (bio notes and research) This page was last updated on: 06 June 2026